888poker XL Eclipse Day 3: Roman Romanovskyi Wins $500K High Roller

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Sep 13, 2017 5 min read Last updated May 13, 2018

• Day 1: 'ImTriggered' Wins $300,000 Opening Event
• Day 2: 'Tonkaaaa' Denied Second Title in Two Days

On the third day of the 888poker XL Eclipse Series, 11 new tournaments started.

Most of the attention went to the $2,100 High Roller, where the best players in the world competed for the first prize of $107,500! Let's take a look at this tournament and the results of the other events that played out on Tuesday.

XL Eclipse #36 - $500,000 High Roller

After more than 11 hours of play, Event #36 - $2,100 XL Eclipse High Roller finally crowned a winner. Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi from Ukraine claimed the victory and the first prize of after beating "lacibaby64" in the deciding heads-up.

This event, with a buy-in of $2,100, saw 171 players register and those players made 72 rebuys to get a total amount of 243 players. 888poker guaranteed at least $500,000 so there was a bit overlay. The prize pool was $500,000 with 27 places paid. Familiar faces like Anton "anteen" Bertilsson, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Chris "888Moorman" Moorman, Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson and Fabricio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez missed out on making the money.

The bubble didn't take that long, after "OMGsete" losing with pocket sevens against the pocket eights of "AlexMax15". After the players reached the money, it went pretty quickly to a final table. On the bubble of the final table, Canadian "SleepinAwake" was the shortest stack with ten left and he went all in with ace-nine. Big stack Roman "Romeopro33" Romanovskyi found ace-queen and saw his hand held. "SleepinAwake" finished in tenth place for $8,750 while the remaining nine players were moved to the official final table.

On the final table, "AriGold17" exited in ninth place for $10,000 after losing with ace-jack against king-queen. "AlexMax15" (eight, $15,000) followed him to the rail, he busted with king-ten against ace-eight. The remaining seven players played for a while before "2pacnrw16" (seventh, $20,000) and Nicholas "PKaiser" Fierro busted in quick succession.

Dutchman "Poker86ss" busted in fifth place after losing with two pair against the straight of "allesrigged". The final four players played together for a while before "allesrigged" lost his chips with ace-queen against the five-three of Simon "Isildur1337x" Matsson. He had to settle for fourth place and he received a prize of $43,750.

With three players left, once again it took a while before someone busted. Then, from the small blind, Romanovskyi put all the pressure on Matsson in the big blind. Matsson called with ace-eight and was in front against the ten-four of his opponent. Ukraine's Romanovskyi flopped a ten, turned a four and won the hand to bust Matsson in third place for $48,750.

Romanovskyi started the heads-up with even stacks, but in just a few minutes he took full control. In one of the first big hands, he secured himself of this victory and the first prize of $107,500. In the last hand, he won with king-queen against queen-nine on a queen high board.

XL Eclipse #30 - $15,000 Lightning 6-Max

The first winner of the day came from the XL Eclipse #30 - $15,000 Lightning 6-Max. In this traditional event, 195 players competed for a prize pool of $19,500. "nomoney4ever" from Croatia came out on top and secured himself of the first prize of $5,070.

XL Eclipse #31 - $15,000 Breeze

XL Eclipse #32 - $15,000 Deepstack Swordfish

Finnish player "sheikkkeri" added an impressive result on his resumé after winning the XL Eclipse #32 - $15,000 Deepstack Swordfish. He received the top prize of $3,434. In the final heads-up, he defeated Brittish player "2MIDGETZ".

XL Eclipse #33 - $40,000 Crocodile

One of the biggest winners on Day 3 came from the XL Eclipse #33 - $40,000 Crocodile. Players paid their buy-in of $160 and in total there was $40,500 in the prize pool. "PROCHRIS1" from Switzerland was crowned as a winner in this event and he received the first prize of $8,282.

XL Eclipse #34 - $15,000 Swordfish

XL Eclipse #35 - $20,000 Monsoon

XL Eclipse #37 - $200,000 Mini High Roller

For the players who couldn't afford the biggest buy-in ($2,100) of the day, there was a Mini edition of the High Roller on the schedule. This tournament had a buy-in of $215 and there were 658 players competing for a prize pool of $200,000. Every finalist of this tournament would secure himself of $2,820 but all eyes were on the top prize of $37,500.

That top prize went to Malta's "SuprNintend0" after beating "backdown8" from Sweden in the final heads-up. The Swedish runner-up received $27,000 for his second place, while "MechaREcorta" received $20,000 for third.

XL Eclipse #38 - $50,000 Tuesday Challenge

Another big winner was crowned in the XL Eclipse #38 - $50,000 Tuesday Challenge. This event was played by 523 players to create a prize pool of $52,300. In the end, it was Brazil's "LobBoXt" who won the event for $9,885 while his fellow countryman "SemogrotciV" finished in second place for $7,244.

XL Eclipse #39 - $15,000 Tornado

XL Eclipse #40 - $65,000 Turbo High Roller

Last but not least, players could enjoy the $65,000 Turbo High Roller which had a buy-in of $160. In total, 374 players competed in this event which wasn't enough to get above the guaranteed prize pool of $65,000. The lion's share of this money was for Norway's "WulfricB", who took the victory after just three hours and 46 minutes.

He received the first prize of $13,292.50 while runner-up "GOLDandVODKA" had to settle for second place ($9,750).

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